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Penrith Panthers vs Gold Coast Titans Tips & Preview - Panthers to finish second on the NRL ladder

Jeremy Darke

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Last updated: 05 Sep 2024

Jeremy Darke 05 Sep 2024

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Penrith Panthers vs Gold Coast Titans expert predictions for Saturday’s Round 27 NRL game
Panthers favoured to cover -18.5 points line
Total game score expected to be under 51.5 points

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Panthers to cover the line (Getty)

Penrith Panthers vs Gold Coast Titans Predictions

The Panthers can cover the line as 18.5 points favourites and head into the NRL finals with the momentum of sealing second spot on the ladder.

Penrith Panthers vs Gold Coast Titans Predictions
Head to Head
Penrith Panthers Form
Penrith Panthers Team News
Penrith Panthers Team List
Gold Coast Titans Form
Gold Coast Titans Team News
Gold Coast Titans Team List

Penrith have an average winning margin over the Gold Coast of 21.2 points in their past 5 matches.
3 of the past 5 games between the Panthers and Titans has had a game total of less than 51.5 points.
3 of the past 4 Gold Coast matches have had a game total of 50 points or less.
Alofiana Khan-Pereira leads the NRL with 23 tries.

Head to Head

Penrith have won their past five matches against the Gold Coast, with their latest victory in round 25 last season when they ran over the Titans 40-14.

Penrith Panthers Form

Penrith had lost two games in a row for the first time since rounds 8 and 9 last season, but settled the ship with a comfortable 34-12 win against Souths.

Despite their little hiccup, the Panthers have still been once again the best defensive team in the competition conceding the least amount of run metres (1307/G) and second-least amount of linebreaks (4.1/G) which has them conceding the least amount of points (16.6/G).

The Panthers attack has been hindered by the injury-riddled season of Nathan Cleary who is expected to be fit next weekend for the first week of the NRL Finals.

Penrith Panthers Team News

Scott Sorensen returns in the backrow with Luke Garner going to the bench and Matthew Eisenhuth to 18th man.

Penrith Panthers Team List

1. Dylan Edwards

2. Sunia Turuva

3. Izack Tago

4. Paul Alamoti

5. Brian To'o

6. Brad Schneider

7. Jarome Luai

8. Moses Leota

9. Mitch Kenny

10. James Fisher-Harris

11. Scott Sorensen

12. Liam Martin

13. Isaah Yeo

Interchange

14. Trent Toelau

15. Lindsay Smith

16. Liam Henry

17. Luke Garner

Reserves

18. Matthew Eisenhuth

19. Mavrik Geyer

20. Casey McLean

21. Daine Laurie

22. Luke Sommerton

Gold Coast Titans Form

It has been another tough ol’ year for us Titans fans and it is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel after losing the past 4 matches and likely a fifth to close out the year.

There has been some good performances but if Des Hasler can’t work out how to get the team to play defence I don’t see things changing on the glitter strip.

The Titans have conceded an average of 40 points in their past 4 games which has been their problem once again all season long, just as it has been for as long as I can remember.

Their season average of 27.7 points against per game is the fourth-worst in the NRL and that number is not likely to improve this week either.

Gold Coast Titans Team News

Keano Kini returns at fullback with Jaylan De Groot moving back to the reserves. David Fifita will have surgery which moves Klese Haas into the starting side.

Arama Hau will make his debut from the bench with Jacob Alick-Wiencke getting recalled.

Gold Coast Titans Team List

1. Keano Kini

2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira

3. Brian Kelly

4. Beau Fermor

5. Jojo Fifita

6. Jayden Campbell

7. Kieran Foran

8. Mo Fotuaika

9. Sam Verrills

10. Jaimin Jolliffe

11. Chris Randall

12. Klese Haas

13. Isaac Liu

Interchange

14. Jacob Alick-Wiencke

15. Erin Clark

16. Keenan Palasia

17. Arama Hau

Reserves

18. Josiah Pahulu

19. Tanah Boyd

20. Joe Stimson

21. Tony Francis

22. Jaylan De Groot

Verdict

Penrith Panthers v Gold Coast Titans

This game is tipped to stay under 51.5 points, but the Panthers should do enough in attack to cover the 18.5 points as the favourite.

Penrith -18.5

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